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News from 03/21/2001

Techside: Game Boy Advance Disection

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Techside Gamer

Information Technology news site, "TechSide", has released images of the Game Boy Advance, disected. The images are available in its section/subsite, "Techside Gamer". Check it out if you're a disection mania, or interested in what the architecture of the GBA looks like -H.Moriarty

[ Link: Techside- Techside Gamer ]

BCN/Bloomberg: Sega Vice President to take over as President

(BCN & Bloomberg Japan) Tokyo 3/21- Major game company Sega has announced on the 21st that their current vice president Hideki Satou (age 50), will be taking over the president's seat of the late Sega President & CEO, Isao Okawa. The new CEO of Sega will be Yoneji Fukushima (age 67), top stockholder and CEO of Sega's parent company, CSK.

Co-COO Tetsu Kayama -previously announced to take Okawa's place in June after former procedure to become an executive, will not become president of Sega. Kayama will retain his position as Co-COO, working for the department of structural reform and also as the head of the CS(Consumer Service) and software development department.
[ Link: BCN ] [ Link: Bloomberg Japan ]


	Impress GameWatch: PSO ver.2 release on 5/17, additional images available

	(Impress co. - Gamewatch) Sega has announced their append-disk for the hit title Phantasy Star Online, "Phantasy Star Online ver.2" to be released on 5/17; price 4800 Yen. Interplay between users of the previous PSO and PSO ver.2 is possible. Likewise, characters and data from the previous PSO can be used in PSO ver.2 as well. Additional images are available in Impress co.'s site. [ Link: Impress co. -Gamewatch ]


	Famitsu Stores overloads with visitors -Shopping unavailable

	Famitsu's new online shop featuring the latest game related goods- "Famitsu Stores", closed upon its grand opening today due to an enormous load of visitors. Maintenance has gone underway on the server; the site is currently accessible. [ Link: Famitsu Stores ]